Fu Poetry along the Silk Roads: Third-Century Chinese Writings on Exotica

Xurong Kong

doi:10.1017/9781802700268

Fu Poetry along the Silk Roads

Third-Century Chinese Writings on Exotica

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Xurong Kong

Publisher:: Amsterdam University Press
Online publication date:: October 2022
Print publication year:: 2022
Online ISBN:: 9781802700268
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781802700268

Subjects:: History, Regional History after 1500
Series:: East Meets West: East Asia and its Periphery from 200 BCE to 1600 CE

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This book explores the dissemination of ideas and information on the early silk roads between Europe and China, through the first detailed study of the Sinicization of foreign objects in Chinese poetic writing of the third century CE.

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Third-Century Chinese Writings on Exotica

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-v

List of Illustrations
pp vi-vi

Acknowledgements
pp vii-viii

Introduction: A Century of Writing onObjects
pp 1-18

Part I - Exotic Objects at Court
pp 19-20

Chapter One - Rosemary and the Contest of the Caos
pp 21-36

Chapter Two - The Agate Bridle: Transforming an Indian Rock intoa Political Symbol
pp 37-52

Part II - Exotic Objects in the Mainstream
pp 53-54

Chapter Three - Pomegranate: Becoming Chinese Apple
pp 55-74

Chapter Four - Monkeys: Gods Elsewhere, Pets Here
pp 75-92

Part III - Exotic Images in the Sacred Space
pp 93-94

Chapter Five - Peacock: Auspiciousness Challenged
pp 95-110

Chapter Six - The Lotus: Becoming A Chinese Icon
pp 111-130

Conclusion: The Value of Otherness inLiterature
pp 131-142

Bibliography
pp 143-160

Index
pp 161-167

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